How to Use debt in a Sentence

debt

noun
  • I am deep in debt.
  • The company has run up huge debts.
  • He's been working three jobs in an attempt to get out of debt.
  • Their debts are piling up.
  • She went into debt to pay for college.
  • I'm thousands of dollars in debt.
  • He is trying to pay off gambling debts.
  • I'm worried that we will fall into debt.
  • The company was in debt but is now turning a profit.
  • Here are 3 quick ways to get rid of your card debt now.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 12 July 2024
  • By the time Heidi died in April 2010, the couple was deeply in debt.
    Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • In 1999, the center was in debt and on the verge of bankruptcy.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The next day, Ohtani said, Mizuhara told the agent the ballplayer had paid the interpreter’s debt.
    Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • This high-cost season can leave you with debt that sticks around.
    CBS News, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The courts had been in the process of seizing Acree’s home for the past year over a large debt of unpaid taxes.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In the past, politicians at least talked about our debt problem.
    John Stossel, Orange County Register, 19 June 2024
  • And what better way to spring clean your finances than to sweep away debt?
    Becca Stanek, The Week, 6 Apr. 2023
  • If voters approve the measure, the debt will take two decades to pay off.
    Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Joe Biden’s entire agenda on the debt ceiling was to raise it.
    The Editors, National Review, 8 June 2023
  • His idea of debt relief for poor countries was about the future.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2023
  • Those debts far exceed the likely value of the property if the bank forced a sale.
    Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2024
  • This comes as Zaslav tries to pare down the company’s debt.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Anyone who does not want debt relief can choose to opt out.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • For the past year, short-term debt — or Treasury bills — have been about 20% of all outstanding debt.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The new date comes as lawmakers and the White House attempt to reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling.
    Chuck Todd, NBC News, 2 May 2023
  • The last 20% should go toward savings goals and paying down debt.
    Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • But there are only so many forms debt relief might take.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The basic contours of the debt relief program remain the same.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Massie already voted against Trump’s bigger budget plan to lay the groundwork for big tax cuts, saying that plan too would just kick the nation’s debt problem down the road.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • And household balance sheets, which include debt and assets such as homes and stocks, are still on stable footing after big price run-ups the past few years, Millar said.
    Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2025

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